Global Energy Generation Firm Optimizes Operations with ICONICS Software
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Europe
Country
- Russia
Product
- ICONICS GENESIS64™ HMI/SCADA
- Hyper Historian™ data historian
- BizViz™ manufacturing intelligence
- PortalWorX™ real-time collaboration and visualization dashboard
- ReportWorX™ enterprise reporting, charting and analysis
Tech Stack
- Microsoft SharePoint®
- MathWorks MatLab® simulation programs
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Cost Savings
- Digital Expertise
Technology Category
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Utilities
- Oil & Gas
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Maintenance
Use Cases
- Predictive Maintenance
- Process Control & Optimization
- Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services
- System Integration
- Software Design & Engineering Services
About The Customer
A recent customer of ICONICS is a large energy generation firm comprised of a network of plants located throughout Central Russia. The largest of the sites is a 2500MW facility that is fueled by a combination of natural gas and fuel oil and consists of four thermal power plants. This location has now been optimized via ICONICS technology. The Russian energy firm, working with system integrator, RVS, selected ICONICS GENESIS64™ HMI/SCADA, Hyper Historian™ data historian and BizViz™ manufacturing intelligence (including PortalWorX™ real-time collaboration and visualization dashboard and ReportWorX™ enterprise reporting, charting and analysis) software.
The Challenge
The large-scale Russian energy provider has had basic direct digital control (DDC) for many years. Working with its system integrator, RVS, the firm initiated a major optimization effort, with a preference towards utilizing the latest software technology while simultaneously ensuring integration with a wide variety of data sources. The firm sought a solution that could handle the data from four thermal power plant (TPP) production branches (each with approximately 5,000 I/O points) as well as from its executive office. An additional major need of the plant was to provide a uniform, insightful user interface to all operations and levels of management. The company required dashboards that could provide needed insight in order to drive immediate improvement actions. The site also sought a major upgrade in its reporting capabilities. Prior to considering this upgrade, a legacy data historian from OSI PI provided limited visualization and report capability, but could not provide the depth of information available.
The Solution
Since ICONICS GENESIS64 was selected as its preferred automation software platform, the plant has been able to integrate real-time plant data, legacy historical data, newly recorded data (utilizing ICONICS’ powerful Hyper Historian data historian), data from various business systems, and simulation and forecast data generated by MathWorks MatLab® simulation programs. The need for insightful, intuitive user interfaces was fulfilled via GENESIS64’s GraphWorX64™ and TrendWorX64™ components and PortalWorX™ realtime collaborative visualization tools, which helped to create powerful Microsoft SharePoint®-integrated operations dashboards. These solutions help to ensure the delivery of needed information to each role within the organization, supporting necessary decision-making in order to optimize operations. Also, the firm’s requirement for enhanced reporting has been accomplished by ReportWorX, which delivers operational reports as well as plant revenue and profit reports.
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